Below I have posted my thought process for the epoxide formation in anti-dihydroxylation. I am very confused on the logic of this and would appreciate if anyone can help clarify this mechanism to me.
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Can anyone suggest me some literature where I can find the potential energy curve or the electronic states for singly ionized $\ce{CO2}$ ($\ce{CO2+}$) dissociating into singly charged oxygen ($\ce{O+}$...

For this we weigh $\pu{1.015 g}$ of linseed oil which is dissolved in alcohol. 3 drops of phenolphthalein (pH indicator) are added and a solution of potassium hydroxide of concentration $C = \pu{9.5e-...

I came across this mechanism (3,3 sigmatropic rearrangement). Why does the allyl vinyl ether have the ability to rearrange itself giving a new product? What drives the reaction?
Is it the instability ...

I spent about an hour on the web today searching for the answer to my question: "How is the predictability of the periodic table useful to chemists?". Thankfully, I stumbled upon this website where I ...

I have a large beaten metal pot I inherited from my parents. It was kept outside and entirely tarnished black, except for places in the inside which had a gold appearance (it's obviously not a gold ...

I resently came across this sentence in my textbook “the bonds between sulphur and oxygen in oxides of sulphur (SO2 and SO3 ) are much shorter than might be expected for a single bond“ I couldn’t find ...

I'm in Grade 12 Chemistry. We're doing some solubility, and one of the things we need to be able to do is explain a procedure where we separate metallic ions from a solution. So, for example, how can ...

I'm dealing with an interactive work of fiction right now, and one proposal is to combine two types of puzzles with a magnetic gas. I know that fermionic $\ce{^6Li}$, when cooled below $\pu{1 K}$, has ...

I've several doubts about this ICHO synthesis problem, which was a part of the preparatory problem package of 2018 (so yes, it's not a part of an ongoing contest)
Before sharing the answer given, I'...

What is the effect of particule size and temperature on the reaction of a metal and an inorganic acid? I need it for a paper that I have to hand in but I cannot find the answer anywhere and I haven't ...

I'm going to do an iodine clock reaction for a project and we had to submit the materials and safety sheets for the experiment a while ago. I thought I could do one by using hydrogen peroxide, sodium ...

I've seen a few examples in the lectures we've been having and I wasn't able to find any sources talking about it. I think I remember a previous teacher saying it was a symbol for oxidation itself, ...

Am trying to create antimony doped titanium dioxide thin film. I plan on doing so with SILAR(successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction). My cationic precursor will be a solution of both antimony ...